"* * *They were both gasping for breath when Faith slammed the motel door shut behind them. "So, did'ja do that to the shirt yourself or did some vamp...do it for you?" Dawn looked down at her ripped leather shirt, the bottom frayed just below her bra with sleeves that had clearly been ripped away and the front torn open nearly all the way down."What, you don't like it?" Dawn ran her hand down her chest slowly, not breaking eye contact with Faith as she swayed.Faith blinked, trying to focus,. “I love you, Hugo.”He hesitates a moment. “Is it right that I say I love you also, Linda?” he asks.Danny’s embarrassed. “Shit, guys, you get this settled between you while I go for my bag.” He gets up and walks out.“I don’t know, do you? Love me?” I ask Hugo.“Does this mean do I wish you to be my woman and for me to be your man?”“That’s about it,” I say, kind of holding my breath. I think so, but—“Then yes,” he answers immediately, “I wish this much.”I can’t let it rest. Just like a woman, I. I couldn’t understand some parts of the question.”I could hardly admit that the sight of her boobs and legs had put me off my stride.“How long do you think you’ll need to complete it? I’ve got to do some marking for the next hour, so if you want you can carry on with it, I’ll be available if you need to ask questions.”She turned to my friend sitting at the next desk.“Simon, could you pop to the school office and tell Richard’s mother that he’s got some work to finish and he’ll be about an hour. But it was this very understanding that caused them to be all the more shocked than the regular spectators.Frankly, it was not how Zax proficiently transmitted the Soul Binding formation that had the elders captivated by his performance, but how nimble was a single step of his that could only be considered as a leisure nudge of a few toes.Zax's one move to cover the distance between him and Elita indicated two staggering things. First, his control of the body was probably not inferior to that.